...Sultan in return promised to introduce the necessary reforms, to be agreed upon by the two Powers, for the protection of the Christian and other subjects of the Porte in these territories, and further assigned the Island of Cyprus to be occupied and administered by England. It was stipulated...

...protection, to be defended, if necessary, ' by force of arms ' against any invader, and that ' in return, the Sultan promises to England to introduce necessary reforms, to be agreed upoii later between the two Powers, into the government, and for the protection, of the Christian ami...